Month: September 2010

Spartans defeat Beverly 25-13

The Chelsea Pride Spartans fifth and sixth grade team was a big winner over Beverly, 25-13. The day was dominated by superb special teams play. Antoine Kelley Jr. returned a kickoff 51 yards for a touchdown and Mikhel Collins picked…

Man held in double murder

A suspect has been arrested and charged with the shooting deaths of two Chelsea men last week in a Chester Avenue apartment. Steven Andre, 22, was taken into custody without a fight by State and Chelsea Police Detectives Tuesday. He…

DiDomenico tops Flaherty in State Senate race

In extremely close balloting throughout the sprawling senatorial district, State Senator Sal DiDomenico beat Cambridge Attorney Tim Flaherty by 172 votes. DiDomenico bested Flaherty in Chelsea, 721-701. In results from all the cities and towns, almost 13,000 voters cast ballots.…

Happy birthday

The Chelsea Provident Cooperative Bank is celebrating its 125th Anniversary – a great accomplishment, given how businesses come and go in the modern world. The bank is the oldest in this city and is very likely one of the oldest…

What to do?

The double homicide on Chester Avenue last week has struck a nerve in many quarters of this tightly knit city. The dead men, it has been pointed out, aren’t simply statistics, they were fathers and sons, brothers and husbands. They…

Arrest Report 09-16-2010

Monday, September 6 Lois Gullage, 52, 230 Chestnut St., Chelsea, was arrested for disorderly conduct, evade tax fair. Tuesday, September 7 William Chaput, 50, 100 Astle St., Tewksbury, was arrested for assault and battery. Rocio Valencia-Anguiano, 36, 133 Chester Ave.,…

Obituaries 09-16-2010

Mary Benvenuto Chelsea resident Mary V. (Capizzi) Benvenuto of Chelsea died suddenly at home on September 7. She was 78 years old. She was the daughter of the late Michael and Gina Capizzi, devoted mother of Anne Benvenuto of Chelsea…